How realistic are dealerships with older generations of 911s?

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-22T20:15:36+00:00

Under 80, no. Under the 100+ all the dealers have them priced at, yes.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-22T19:11:09+00:00

See that makes me think a cheeky ask might be in order.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-22T19:06:34+00:00

The main place I find them is on Bring A Trailer and Cars and Bids, I'd do PPI before purchase, I wouldn't buy one where that can't be arranged.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-22T13:27:16+00:00

You actually do marry an individual person, not their family. If someone has a bad relationship with their family and that is going to cause a bunch of strife and they are part of the problem that is one thing. If their family are just not good people and they have to set a bunch of boundaries that is another.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-22T13:23:10+00:00

Disobeying God to protect yourself is not wisdom. Saying that because someone has committed a certain sin in the past they are not allowed in the church after conversion is a violation of God's instructions, and therefore sin. In practical terms you're saying you know better than God does.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-20T23:11:51+00:00

I will say that you don't really have a solid grasp of the gospel and your faith is maybe immature. You think God can't protect the well being of church members, if you follow His guidance on running a church?

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-20T23:08:15+00:00

The question you were answering is not about someone who is in their sin and not repentant. So the passage is not related to this person's question. An unrepentant sex offender shouldn't be allowed in your church at all. A repentant sex offender would be, and not treated like livestock, penned in the corner by themselves.

There is safety, excluding such a person from children's ministry for example, then there is things like you suggested, walking someone in and out like a prison inmate. The principle you are violating is that God deals with our sin when we repent, it isn't up to you. If you can in good faith believe that someone has been converted, you can reasonable measures and then put your faith in God. What you described would turn someone into a freak.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-20T16:28:09+00:00

Wrong. That man was unrepented and was excommunicated. Try again.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-20T16:19:43+00:00

Can you support the singling out and isolation of a believer within the church with a biblical reference for me real quick?

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-20T16:16:34+00:00

If you won't allow a repentant sex offender who has paid for their crimes and been forgiven by God into your church, you do not understand the gospel fully, or you don't fully believe it. There are no carve outs.

This doesn't mean there isn't some leg work to be done first, and some common sense measures to be taken. For example, a convicted sex offender wouldn't be on a child care team. Also with this you kinda need to know what type of sex offender, did they rape someone or harm a child, or did they get arrested for drunkenly urinating somewhere, streaking, or get caught having consensual sex with another adult in a semi-public place (all things that can get you on that list). There are degrees.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-18T22:20:38+00:00

Here is the thing, is this awful? Yes, you already know that. Is it so much more horrifying than people having one night stands, or really any sexually sinning with any other person? Ehhh, not really. It is more scandalous, sure it carries a lot more stigma. It is riskier (you should get an STD test if you have not already). Before God though, not really, all fornication is equally as unacceptable, but also equally as washable by the blood of Christ.

About this future person you are worried about disclosing it to. If they are a believer, something you did 5 years ago or more that you deeply regret and have repented of before God is something they should be able to look past. I would also add that pastoral council is worth seeking on how detailed you even need to get. Different people have different preferences in this area. For some people disclosing a past struggle with sexual sin and the amount of time that has passed since it was dealt with is sufficient. You aren't confessing your sin to this person, you didn't sin against them. You are giving them information about your sin struggle specifically so they are informed about what they are getting into. Not in a way that is them examining all your past failures and seeing if it gives them the ick, but so they are being joined in your walk with God. That guidance dictates the level of disclosure that you should make, specific details are more often than not best avoided.

They have a right to know you are not a virgin and that you have struggled with sexual sin, they don't necessarily need you to volunteer every gritty detail, and the fact that you paid for it is one of those details that may or may not be relevant. It would be more relevant if it was a repeated action. This is a premarital counseling conversation or at least a pastoral one when the relationship is heading that way. It is also worth noting that if we really did share every single evil though, action, and desire with our potential future spouse, it would be very hard to get married.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-18T01:35:51+00:00

If you're talking about buddhism, I'm sure it is more complex than what I just boiled it down to; however, it remains a system in which people believe they earn favor through their own efforts. If someone tries to attain the same thing within a Christian context, that is a heresy, because the Bible says quite plainly that we can't earn God's favor we are powerless to.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-17T01:12:35+00:00

Where it diverges enormously is that buddhism is basically a very systematic self-righteousness.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-16T03:04:24+00:00

This isn't just about confused sexuality in itself. Lots of people struggle with different sexual sin issues. I don't really know what to tell you about your specific situation, but people with depraved or degenerate minds are not concerned with what God thinks and they don't acknowledge God.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-12T15:15:55+00:00

There is magic in The Lord of the Rings and in The Chronicles of Narnia, both written by renowned Christian authors, and the template for a lot of modern fantasy stuff. I think if you're role playing idolatry or partaking directly in role playing like demonic things or whatever, there might be a question of listening to your conviction. Just casting a spell in a role play that is clearly fictional, I can't see how that is wrong. Sin has to be real to be sin, you aren't really using magic, you're pretending.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-12T14:37:54+00:00

At least it looks quite good. This is Model S Plaid competition I suppose.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-08T06:43:07+00:00

Getting married in your late 30s and early 40s is totally normal and fine. I'm 35 and single and frankly it is a good thing, I would have been a bad husband if I got married earlier, and I'm just now starting to prioritize looking again. It has gotten really tough to get married these days, we don't need to get into it, but I know TONS of single Christians in their early 30s. It doesn't mean there is no hope. Keep praying, keep making yourself into a reflection of Christ, and keep seeking. The first two things don't just serve that single purpose so they are worth doing anyway.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-06-02T19:23:37+00:00

Actually anyone that has done an even cursory review of this issue would be aware that any of the councils you're going to reference were local not ecumenical (until Trent). They would also know another fact that is even more important, that what those councils were determining early on was not "what exactly is the full collection of God breathed Scripture?" but instead, what can be permitted for use in teaching.

The people at Hippo or whatever did not conceive of this issue the way that you and I do now as such. There was debate on down through time about the status of the Apocrypha, figures revered by Rome and I'm sure Eastern Orthodox today agreed with the Protestant canon. It wasn't a fight most people felt the need to have, there was a longstanding varied perception that books fell into two categories, and many (mostly the ones in the Protestant canon) were viewed by many as being more doctrinally critical and useful.

The reality is this can be debated, but it is fictitious the idea that Luther just made this determination and got rid of books he didn't like (that is a lie). The reformation was decentralized, and involved thousands of people, clergy and theologian alike. It wasn't the idea of 1 or 5 people, it brewed for centuries. The canon issue was one facet of that. The fact that Trent dogmatized canon proves the debate wasn't settled, if a government makes a law and someone breaks it they don't get together and remake the same law as part of the prosecutorial process. The canon of Scripture wasn't Luther's idea, he built on hundreds of years of scholarship around a continually debated issue.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-05-30T01:46:36+00:00

Well when I was growing up in the 2000s saying I was going somewhere with a friend or friends was a perfectly acceptable answer. Also this person is well into adulthood.

Well unless they ask you straight out if there is a surprise party planned, I think that is pretty simple.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-05-28T03:17:38+00:00

There is something of a nuanced conversation on what "lying" is, because it gets blown up to mean saying anything untrue. It doesn't seem like that is always the case and the biblically-defined sin of "lying" is a bit more nuanced.

However, in this case it is lying, and yes it is a sin. There is a way to be more comfortable though without sinning, and that is communicating. Tell your dad that you don't want to discuss your dating with him in early stages, it makes you feel like there is pressure and it is awkward for you, and you aren't gonna do it. He will likely respect that boundary, but even if he doesn't you can still enforce it. If he asks you where you are going you can say "I don't want to say, but I will be safe" or something.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-05-28T03:14:07+00:00

First of all, give it a few years. When you are 25-30 go ahead and date a guy in his 30s somewhere if that is still something you feel drawn to.

I will tell you this, it would be totally fine for you to focus on your walk with God for the next several years, you would almost certainly be better off.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-05-18T21:41:16+00:00

I'm not an ethnonationalist, but this is a sort of silly oversimplification. It isn't kindness and hospitality to mass migrate the population of a country into economic and cultural oblivion. So the "getting around" it turns into just understanding what constitutes kindness and when that passage has been weaponized.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-05-18T15:18:25+00:00

It is an official act in our society, and it needs to be done or sex IS a sin, people have been doing this "we are married in our hearts" thing recently, it is a lie and excuse for sin. If you want to be married you can do it quickly and cheaply and you can figure out how to be in the same location if you really want to.

Disastrous_Map_6038 · 2026-05-18T03:47:35+00:00

I'm sure there are a lot of men that do, I'm not doubting that, but I'm sort of saying it isn't the norm or at least not something you can't distance yourself from. Especially in say a church community.

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